{"product_id":"pennant-race-the-classic-game-by-game-account-of-a-championship-season-1961-9780062667069","title":"Pennant Race: The Classic Game-By-Game Account of a Championship Season, 1961","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\"Brosnan obviously knows his baseball, writes about it wittily, informally and with irony. He is a cynical, tough professional athlete and his book makes wonderful reading.\"--\u003cem\u003eNew Yorker\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFrom the author of \u003cem\u003eThe Long Season\u003c\/em\u003e--considered by many to be the greatest baseball book of all time--comes another classic sports memoir by legendary pitcher Jim Brosnan, which chronicles how his team, the Cincinnati Reds, went on to win the 1961 National League pennant.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn \u003cem\u003ePennant Race\u003c\/em\u003e, Brosnan--with his trademark wise-guy wit and plain-spoken practicality--once again offers a refreshingly candid alternative to hackneyed baseball mythologizing. Day by day, game by game, Brosnan reveals the real lives of professional ballplayers: their exhilaration and frustration, hope and despair, chronic worry over job security, playful camaraderie, world-weary cynicism, and boyish--if cautious--optimism. Although the Reds would ultimately lose the World Series to the Yankees, for Brosnan and his teammates, this was a winning season. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003ePennant Race\u003c\/em\u003e vividly captures a remarkable year in the life of a ball club and the golden age of one of Major League Baseball's most memorable eras.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Harper Paperbacks\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 07\/04\/2017\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780062667069\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 272\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.45lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 7.90h x 5.20w x 0.80d","brand":"Jim Brosnan","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44273720164533,"sku":"9780062667069","price":13.59,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/files\/img_7b112c4d-8a94-4549-822d-a592150fab6a.jpg?v=1718082187","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/pennant-race-the-classic-game-by-game-account-of-a-championship-season-1961-9780062667069","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}